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Posted July 10, 2014 04:11 pm - Updated July 10, 2014 04:21 pm

Jaguars' Marqise Lee remains unsigned, but why?

Jaguar Marqise Lee (11) waves to the fans attending mini-camp. Lee did not practice due to injuries. The Jacksonville Jaguars, of the NFL, held their first mandatory mini-camp of the year on Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at Florida Blue Health and Wellness Practice Fields in Jacksonville.

In two weeks, the Jaguars will conduct their first training camp practice and the expectation continues to be that it will include receiver Marqise Lee.But as the reporting date nears, it also continues to be curious as to why Lee hasn’t signed his rookie contract.As of Thursday, only four of the 256 draft picks remain unsigned: Cleveland cornerback Justin Gilbert (first round, eighth overall), Tennessee offensive tackle Taylor Lewan (first round, 11th overall), Lee (second round, 39th overall) and Miami offensive tackle Billy Turner (third round, 67th overall).For Lewan and Gilbert, the hiccups could revolve around off-set bonuses, but for Lee and Turner, what gives?Lee’s contract is slotted at a total value of $5,174,016 for four years, including a $2,082,924 signing bonus and a $940,731 salary cap hit this year.Contacted via email earlier this week, Lee’s agent, Andrew Kessler of Athletes First, said he doesn’t “comment on ongoing contract negotiations.”A veteran agent said Thursday that if Kessler is holding out for additional money that is out of the slotted range, he’s wasting his time.“He can try all he wants to get an un-slotted deal, but it’s not happening,” the agent said.The agent said the hang up could revolve around workout money that “might be only $2,000-$3,000. … That shouldn’t hold up a deal.”The agent reviewed the contracts directly in front (Tampa Bay tight end Austin Serefian-Jenkins) and behind (Detroit linebacker Kyle Van Noy) Lee’s draft spot and found no irregularities.“I can’t find a real, viable reason why it hasn’t happened yet,” the agent said. “I can’t see what they could be arguing about.”The agent said one theory could be that Lee’s camp wants his workout bonus – for example, $100,000, -- to not include the $195/day the collective bargaining agreement will require players in 2015 to be paid for attending the off-season program. (Lee wasn’t under contract for the recently-completed off-season so he will get none of that money.). Some teams have the off-season program salary included in the workout bonus, which means about $5,000 less for the player. The agent said he once represented a second-round player and the difference was $3,000, and “we split the difference with the team.”The agent doesn’t expect Kessler to allow Lee to miss any of camp.“If you have to take a deal you don’t want, why take it now?” the agent said. “I could see him signing the morning camp starts.”Lee missed most of the Jaguars’ off-season program with an ankle injury, but is expected to be fully healthy when camp starts.